I’ve always been a writer–professionally, in the early days–and then as an avocation, on the side. For several years,I blogged regularly at Susan Mernit’s Blog and am a contributing editing with weekly posts for BlogHer on Sex and Relationships. In an earlier life I wrote features for magazines and for the living section of the NYTimes.

Some favorite pieces I wrote for BlogHer, as a sex and relationships editor, before starting Oakland Local stole so much of my time: